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  • Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army

    The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories

    by Martin Mace ...
    The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue. The fate, therefore, of many of its agents was not revealed to the general public other than the bare details carved with pride upon the headstones and memorials of those courageous individuals.Then in 2003, the first batch of SOE personal files was ... Read more

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  • The Royal Navy at Dunkirk

    Commanding Officers' Reports of British Warships In Action During Operation Dynamo

    by Martin Mace ...
    The fact that the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk in May-June 1940 has achieved the status of a legend. Whilst the part played by the Little Ships in that miracle is equally well known, the role of the Royal Navys warships the destroyers, minesweepers and personnel ships is often overlooked. Indeed, more than 300,000 troops out of a total of 338,226, were evacuated from the ... Read more

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  • The Dunkirk Evacuation in 100 Objects

    The Story Behind Operation Dynamo in 1940

    by Martin Mace ...
    At 18.57 hours on Sunday, 26 May 1940, the Admiralty issued the directive which instigated the start of Operation Dynamo. This was the order to rescue the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk and the beaches surrounding it. The Admiralty believed that it would only be able to rescue 45,000 men over the course of the following two days, ‘at the end of which’, read the signal ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Norway, 1940–1942

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force; Despatch on operations in Northern Norway between April and June 1940; the despatch on carrier-borne aircraft attacks on Kirkenes (Norway) and Petsamo (Finland) in 1941, ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Burma, 1943–1945

    From Kohima & Imphal Through to Victory

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on operations in Burma and North-East India between November 1943 and June 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard; the despatch on operations in Assam and Burma between June 1944 June and November 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard, Commander-in-Chief; the despatch on Naval operations in the Ramree Island area (Burma) in January and February 1945 by Vice ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Hastings 1066: The Uncomfortable Truth

    Revealing the True Location of England's Most Famous Battle

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    This historical study upends the traditional narratives surrounding the Norman Conquest by revealing the true location of its most important battle.The Duke of Normandy's victory at the Battle of Hastings on October 14th, 1066, was one of the most important events in English history. As such, its every detail has been analyzed by scholars and interpreted by historians. Yet one of the most ... Read more

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  • Bomber Harris

    Sir Arthur Harris' Despatches on War Operations 1942–1945

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Command's effort was what was defined as 'area' bombing, in which whole cities or districts were targeted. The ultimate aim of an attack on a town area, Sir Arthur Harris wrote in one of his despatches, is to ... Read more

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  • The Crimean War

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Images of War
    The Crimean War was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean Peninsula, but there were smaller campaigns in western ... Read more

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  • Disaster in the Far East, 1940–1942

    The Defence of Malaya, Japanese Capture of Hong Kong and the Fall of Singapore

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Despatches in this volume include that on the Far East between October 1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the despatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December 1941, by Major-General C.M. Maltby, General Officer Commanding British Troops in China; the report on the air operations during the campaigns in Malaya and Netherland East Indies between ... Read more

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  • The Boer War, 1899–1902

    Ladysmith, Megersfontein, Spion Kop, Kimberley and Mafeking

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, the First Boer War (18801881) was a rebellion by the Boers (farmers) against British rule in the Transvaal that re-established their independence. The engagements that it involved, such as they were, were small and involved few casualties.More commonly referred to as just the ... Read more

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  • Capital Ships at War, 1939–1945

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Dispatches in this volume include those relating to the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, the loss of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in the Far East, the sinking of the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst in 1943, the attack on Tirpitz by midget submarines, the contribution by British Pacific Fleet to the assault on Okinawa in ... Read more

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  • The BEF in France, 1939–1940

    Manning the Front Through to the Dunkirk Evacuation

    by John Grehan, Martin Mace ...
    Series series Despatches from the Front
    Collected frontline communications from the British Expeditionary Force sent during their efforts in France during World War II.The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force.The British Expeditionary Force was started in 1938 in readiness ... Read more

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